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PlacePeelton
… in 1839 by the Reverend Richard Birt as a station of the London Missionary Society. At that stage it was … Mission, and was located a short distance from the…
ArchiveThe African National Congress in exile: strategy and tactics 1960-1993
… A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Indians were henceforth to be regarded as a permanent part of…
PlacePosthuys
… Posthuys is considered of the earliest buildings along the False Bay Coastline and … entering False Bay. Posthuys features early photographs of the…
PlaceRoodepoort, Johannesburg
… Roodepoort is actually a City of its own, although it has now merged with the Suburbs of Johannesburg to such a degree, there is barely a … line over which…
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… Wednesday David Goldblatt wrote an email to the Chancellor of Orders explaining that he was declining the Order of Ikhamanga, a national honour awarded by…
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … petition dated 17 September 1906 was sent to the Secretary of…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… else, Pixley ka Isaka Seme (1881-1951) was the founder of the ANC. It was he who, on his return from long years of study in the United States and Britain,…
PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
… is a Port City is situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies at the mouth of the Buffalo River along the Indian Ocean . The need for a…
Note on meeting with Mr. Sam Nujoma -1983
… We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to … can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all the people;…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the snap debate on the Shell House incident National Assembly, Cape Town, 7 June 1995
… is rare that there should be such a passionate divergence of views on any matter. That the death of eight citizens outside Shell House on 28 March 1994…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… Bordering the City of Polokwane in Limpopo, the Polokwane Game Reserve is possibly one of the finest on which to cut your teeth if you’re new to the pursuit…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… With the inception of apartheid in 1948, numerous repressive laws limited the freedom and movement of black South Africans. External resistance to the policy…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg . The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Sometimes thought to be named in honour of Queen…
PlaceAnnis River, near Kuboes in the Northern Cape
… between Ploegberg and the Oemsberg about 14 km South-East of Kuboes. The name is said to mean, 'the one which is well … used by travellers in former times…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… nobody can cross! It was erected in 1827 by the widow of Peter Woutersen. His granddaughter married, Jacobus … Wessels, whose son, Sir John Wessels, became…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen, in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… experiences that had never been accessible to the people of Durban. KwaMuhle is in no sense an apartheid museum. Nor … and confrontations that made up the…
Imijondolo
… a shack or informal housing), is Omar Badsha's second book of photographs. Badsha's groundbreaking book documents how … despite being located just thirty…
Fatima Meer: Portfolio
… Multi-party Planning Conference: BEING FULLY CONSCIOUS of the responsibility we individually and collectively bear for the well-being of our country; BEING…
EventThe AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs
… The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) was formed at a meeting in Port … motoring organisation to protect and promote the interests of motorists in…
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… After the completion of World War One's Treaty of Versailles, German South West Africa was declared a mandate of the new international peace-keeping body,…
PlaceEbenezer, Limpopo
… Ebenezer was established in 1831 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society . The 1875 census indicated that the Village had a population of 291. It was…
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
… A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, which was the last of the legal conclusions around the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship, from…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… On 30 January 1987 the Minister of Law and Order issued a message to the newspapers denying … television programme permission to quote exiled president of…
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… Carter Ebrahim, Minister of Education and Culture for the mixed race community, announced that 454 out of a total of over 900 schools were going to be closed…
EventMbeki unveils Women’s Monument at Union Buildings
… Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The aim of the monument was to commemorate the role of women in the struggle and marked the 44th anniversary of…
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … illustrate the overall objectives and changing tactics of…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… major corporations were among the most loyal supporters of Pretoria’s racist regime, to which they sold arms, nuclear and industrial technologies, in total…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… Dr Sizwe Mabizela The Chairperson and members of the Rhodes University Council Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Dr … And, not least, new graduates, and families and…